room 12A

6th day
galak's back to the sling
thankful he never seems to lose his feistiness

2 months

a day at a time
thankful i failed the 6th week post-natal depression test

salamat ate cheloy

Huni ng ibon at daloy ng alon
Nagpapaalala sa atin
Ihip ng hangin sa ating damdamin
Ay may nais ipahatid
Ang kalawakan sa katahimikan
Ay may ibig ipabatid
Lupa at langit sabay sa pag-awit
Ng luwalhati

Ating purihin, purihin
Purihin ang Dios
O purihin, purihin
Purihin ang Dios
Sa ‘ting puso at isip
Sa salmo at awit
Purihin, purihin ang Dios

Sikat ng araw tila pumupukaw
Sa atin upang manalangin
Upang ang ating sarili'y limutin
at si Hesus dakilain
Upang sa diwa at katotohanan
Ang Dios ay ating sambahin
At sa ating buhay ay maipamuhay
Kanyang bilin

- Gary Granada

reading magazines

One of the very nicest things about life is
the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing
and devote our attention to eating.
~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright,
Pavarotti, My Own Story

ate long days

funny how 8 days in the hospital make one courageous
i had a slice of apple cinnamon cake
it wasn't so bad

skipping work

blood pressure rising
protein in the urine missing

thankful they didn't go together
just one, not the other

celebrated with lamb pad kee mao
at newtown thai II

basement bookstore

winter energy saving tip:
instead of using a heater
iron clothes ---
warms you up
as you keep your clothes neatly pressed

bihon + ginisang munggo

i am very lazy lately
i get tired quickly

tonight, i actually cooked something
thankful for the egg slicer
my first time to ever use one

spamsilog

Quién puede convencer al mar
para que sea razonable?

Who can convince the sea
to be reasonable?

L, Pablo Neruda
Livro das Perguntas (The Book of Questions)

mango coconut loaf

sir ian mckellen in his interview to promote the play,
waiting for godot,
said we are all waiting for something --- consciously or not

thankful for the exercise of waiting
the wait for the atis to ripen made it sweeter

phone calls

i don't seem to get the same train seat three days in a row
there's always circumstances, like running late,
or a new person

thankful for the train
who takes people in, regardless
then spews them out, time warped

then there's afternoon nap

being up and out early in the morning has its perks
today, it is being in the midst of a thick fog
thankful my job forces me back to being a morning person

train mates

one wears a pair of pink flipflops
even in winter

the other a browned white chuckies

i wonder if they identify me with my shoes
or the orange water bottle i am carrying

a black brollie

time moves backwards
when i watch heavy rain fall

thankful i am not really going anywhere

laundry time

the sun came out on the first day of winter
not so much a promise of lesser cold

thankful a baby succulent has sprouted